Mystery of the London Ticket Shifts Timperley Plot
The narrator dogs clues around Steinhardt and Lacroix, tracing a first class rail ticket found in Lacroix Lane to a Croydon start and London return, hinting Mr. Lacroix paid his daughter's schooling in Croydon and may reveal his homeward journey. Louise presses for London inquiries while awaiting Freeman's letter.
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Steinhardt
Miss Lacroix
London
Freeman
Great Northern
Timperley Hall
Louise
Jacobs
John
Lonnon
Jacques
Zoological Gardens
Timperley
Lacroix
Frank Steinhardt
London Bridge
Croydon
Eoen
Lacroix Lane
Mr. Lacroix
Paris
Timperley Curacy Delays and Mysterious Letter
The narrator, nearing the end of a six month curacy, seeks to stay near Timperley but the rector says a new curate from St Bee’s is to take the post. Rejections from other nearby curacies follow amid news that a letter to Mr Lacroix was intercepted by Steinhardt.
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Timperley
St. Bee's
Japanese in Chicago in the Chicago Chronicle
The Chicago Chronicle notes a small Japanese community in Chicago with about 100 residents many of whom are students. It mentions several merchants and foreign representatives and that a few Japanese businessmen visit daily, with no current emigration push to the United States.
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Nightingale Clough
Bagsies
United States
Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
Wendell Phillips Warning on Spiritual Path for Nation
The speaker cautions that without a spiritual direction the United States risks a downfall similar to Rome’s, arguing for a future historian who can prevent such a history from occurring.
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Wendell Philips Ones
Ress
American Republic
Gibbon
History of American Cities and Fire in Urban Memory
City histories recount prosperity and grand buildings followed by devastating fires. The passage notes flourishing public institutions and upscale blocks, then calamity erodes wealth and reshapes urban form, leaving charred lessons about resilience and redevelopment.
Record price for Stradivari cello shocks market
A Stradivari cello from the Telin collection sold for 20,000 to a banker who is the grand nephew of Mendelmón. The sale highlights continued high values for historic instruments and draws attention to the buyer’s notable lineage.
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Telin
Pintti
Mendelmoln
Not a Soul Alive in St Pierre After Eruption Catastrophe
London dispatch reports St Pierre destroyed in moments with not 40 inhabitants escaping. Martinique's north burned barren and flooded parishes. St Vincent death toll near 500 with many unburied. St Lucia reports St Pierre as a heap of rotting corpses and 3000 charred bodies found in the cathedral site.
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London
Times
St. Thomas
St. Pierre
Martinique
St. Vincent
U S to Notify World of Cuban Republic Birth May 20
The state department will mail identical notices to all ambassadors and ministers abroad announcing that US military occupation of Cuba ends May 20 and Tomas Estranda Palma is installed as head of a new Cuban government. No invitation to recognize will be issued. nations are expected to note the US recognition by sending envoys.
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Washington
State Department
Department
United States
Tomas Estranda Palma
Cuba
Legation
Conema
Venezuelan assault on Port of Spain ends in defeat
Port of Spain Venezuela forces under General Vincente Gomez attacked Carupano Bermudez by land and sea using gunboats Restaurador Agosto and Zumbador. After seven hours government troops were defeated and fled leaving 115 dead and 210 wounded. The city endured shelling as Gomez’s forces escaped to Cumana. The cable was cut.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Vincente Gomez
Carupano
Bermudez
Venezuela
Restaurador
Agosto
Zumbador
Gomea
Cumana
Gulf of
Taracas
Gomez
Campano
Destructive Truckee Lumber Yard Fire Totals $200000
A major blaze in Truckee California on May 15 burned seven to eight hours destroying six acres around the Truckee Lumber Company plant. The box factory planing mill offices warehouses and drying houses were wiped out along with one million feet of lumber. Estimated loss stands at two hundred thousand dollars.
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Truckee
Cal
Truckee Lumber Company
Oregon Industries and Ventures Hit Growth Wave Across the State
Oregon reports booming wool and lumber sectors with Wasco plains hosting the world’s largest wool market. Ed Graves contracts 5000 pounds of hops near Woodburn at 120 cents per pound. The Oregon national guard plans an eight day brigade camp in the Willamette valley from July 17 to 24. A Pendleton to Walla Walla electric line and Albany street paving projects advance. Burns murder verdict in the Miller Caldwell case and a major Coos county land and Empire City deal draw attention.
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Oregon National Guard
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Southern Oregon Company
Coos County
Empire City
Kyoto Lunatic Asylum Fire Kills Eighteen Patients
Early morning blaze at the Funaokayama lunatic asylum in Omiya Mura Otogi Gori, near Kyoto, destroyed two hospital blocks. Of 39 patients present, 18 died including two women, as firefighters contained the flames.
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Tokio
Kyoto
Japan
Funaokayama Lunatic Asylum
Omiya Mura
Otogi Gori
Likely delay in naming Corrigan's successor in Rome
A Rome correspondent reports it is unlikely the successor of Archbishop Corrigan will be named at the next consistory. More than a month may pass before action is taken, suggesting a capitulary vicar will administer the archdiocese.
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Rome
Associated Prees Ia
Corrigan
Archdio
Cee
Taft to Visit Rome on Philippines Fray Talk
Taft will halt in Rome to discuss the friars issue in the Philippines with Vatican authorities before continuing to Cincinnati for private business. He then sails from New York on the 17th to return to Manila.
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Washington
Taft
Philippines
Cincinnati
New York
Manila
Rome
Vatican
Portland Markets and Weather Notes From Oregon
Portland markets report prices for wheat barley oats flour and dairy products with ranges for best grades and local varieties. The article also adds stray notes on rainfall sunset heights Cuba palm species and a warning about fake elevated railroad ticket sales to immigrants at the Battery in New York.
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Walla Walla
Oregon
the Battery
New York
Three New States Bill Advances With Nominal Changes
The House resumed on May 2 considering the omnibus statehood bill. An Overstreet Indiana amendment to unite New Mexico and Arizona as Montezuma failed 28 to 106. The bill then passed with Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico enabling acts, naming powers for constitutional conventions and land provisions.
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House
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
Overstreet
Indiana
Montezuma
Constitutional Convention
Congress
Indian Territory
Beef companies face grand jury probe over diseased meat
St Louis district attorney Folk says the grand jury will subpoena Jefferson City witnesses and others with knowledge of the beef firms operations. He calls the issue a criminal matter and vows a thorough investigation to prosecute those selling decayed meat to residents.
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St. Lonia
Beef Trust
St. Louis
Grand Jury
Jefferson City
Folk
St. Louisans
Control Large Copper Interests Form New Company
Vice President John Maginnis of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company outlines a new company plan that will hold about 95 percent of the capital stock in Montana Ore Purchasing, Nipper Consolidated Copper, Minnie Healy Copper Mining, Cobra Rock Island Copper, and Belmont Copper Mining. The group will also own 1,000,000 in first mortgage bonds of MT Ore Purchasing and 2,500,000 in first mortgage bonds of the Nipper Company, the only bonded indebtedness among the listed entities.
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New York
John Maginnis
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Heinze
Nipper Consolidated Copper Company
Minnie Healy Copper Mining Company
Cobra-Rock Island Copper Mining Company
Belmont Copper Mining Company
Nipper Company
Salvador Dispute Settled With U S Victory
Washington May 10 The United States won a sweeping arbitration in the Salvador dispute over claims by American merchants. The commission led by Sir Henry Strong and Don M Dickinson ruled against Salvador awarding $573 118 to stockholders in the Triumpho Company Ltd and others.
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Washington
United States
Republic of Salvador
Salvador Commercial Company
Triumpho Company, Ltd
Salvador
Sir Henry Strong
Don M. Dickinson
Arbitration Commission
Paul Leicester Ford Shot in New York Mansion
Paul Leicester Ford, novelist, was shot and killed by his brother Malcom Webster Ford, who then killed himself with a bullet to the breast. The incident occurred at 10:20 A M in the new mansion at 47 East Seventy seventh Street. The motive was believed to be insanity.
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New York
Paul Leicester Ford
Malcom Webster Ford
East Seventy-seventh Street
Police Chiefs Reform Group Names International Association
In Louisville on May 12 the national and Canadian police chiefs renamed their group as the International Police Chiefs Association and chose New Orleans for the next meeting site. Richard Sylvester of Washington was elected president.
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Louisville
United States
Canada
International Police Chiefs’ Association
New Orleans
Richard Sylvester
Washington
Rebels Bombard Nan Ning Fu Killing Hundreds
Advices from We Chou report that on April 27 rebels bombarded Nan Ning Fu for three hours with modern field guns. An estimated 300 to 400 inhabitants were killed before the attackers withdrew to the hills.
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Hong Kong
We Chou
Nan Ning Fu
German Provision plant damaged by night fire in stockyards
Chicago May 12 flames struck the German Provision Company plant in the stockyards causing $100,000 in damage overnight. Authorities investigate the origin of the blaze and assess losses to equipment and facilities.
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Chicago
German Provision Company
Shipping Combine Agreements Secured in London
The Associated Press reports provisional agreements for the purchase and acquisition of the White Star Dominion American and Atlantic Transport Lines by December 31, 1902. The vendors directors are to be the Morgans under New York law or another chosen state.
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London
Associated Press
White Star
Dominion
American
Atlantic
New York
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